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\section{Standard module \sectcode{commands}} % If implemented in Python
\label{module-commands}
\stmodindex{commands}
The \code{commands} module contains wrapper functions for \code{os.popen()}
which take a system command as a string and return any output generated by
the command, and optionally, the exit status.
The \code{commands} module is only usable on systems which support
\code{popen()} (currently \UNIX{}).
The \code{commands} module defines the following functions:
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module commands)}
\begin{funcdesc}{getstatusoutput}{cmd}
Execute the string \var{cmd} in a shell with \code{os.popen()} and return
a 2-tuple (status, output). \var{cmd} is actually run as
\samp{\{\ cmd \} ; 2$>$\$1}, so that the returned output will contain output
or error messages. A trailing newline is stripped from the output.
The exit status for the command can be interpreted according to the
rules for the \C{} function \code{wait()}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getoutput}{cmd}
Like \code{getstatusoutput()}, except the exit status is ignored and
the return value is a string containing the command's output.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{getstatus}{file}
Return the output of \samp{ls -ld \var{file}} as a string. This
function uses the \code{getoutput()} function, and properly escapes
backslashes and dollar signs in the argument.
\end{funcdesc}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> import commands
>>> commands.getstatusoutput('ls /bin/ls')
(0, '/bin/ls')
>>> commands.getstatusoutput('cat /bin/junk')
(256, 'cat: /bin/junk: No such file or directory')
>>> commands.getstatusoutput('/bin/junk')
(256, 'sh: /bin/junk: not found')
>>> commands.getoutput('ls /bin/ls')
'/bin/ls'
>>> commands.getstatus('/bin/ls')
'-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 13352 Oct 14 1994 /bin/ls'
\end{verbatim}
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